tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629896210066218248.post1895201741445398561..comments2023-05-11T04:20:31.601-04:00Comments on Steven E. Belanger: <br>Writing It Down: Super 8Steven E. Belangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11029874769975843685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629896210066218248.post-21293213335323613282012-09-10T20:57:09.068-04:002012-09-10T20:57:09.068-04:00Thanks for the well-written comment! I didn't...Thanks for the well-written comment! I didn't love the movie, either, for many of the reasons you mentioned, plus the fact that even the action scenes, like the train wreck, was overdone. But what I liked most about it was that it brought back to me the memories of all of those other films. This one didn't try to be one of those films; I think it was happy just bringing them up. And I was happy just thinking about them. No expectations. Super 8, after all, is no E.T. It's not even The Goonies. But it's not trying to be; it's just holding up a mirror to them. It's J.J. Abrams, the movie's director, showing us what we liked about 80s films--but also Spielberg films, too. Especially Spielberg films. As a Spielberg protege himself, Abrams was showing us what he liked about Spielberg films, too.Steven E. Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029874769975843685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629896210066218248.post-61807362543564829812012-09-10T12:53:03.606-04:002012-09-10T12:53:03.606-04:00I’m an ‘80s kid as well and I’ve seen all the film...I’m an ‘80s kid as well and I’ve seen all the films you listed several times. I love those movies for the same reason most from our generation adored them. Having said that, I felt Super 8 tried way too hard to rekindle that magic and failed. I watched it late last December so it’s been a while, but I remember walking away from it very under whelmed. It threw in all the right ingredients. It had the late ‘70s music, the absent mother, the distant over bearing father, the young geeky kids, the typical heavy one, the young boy who is in love with the pretty blond girl, etc. But when mixed together it felt so completely forced! Maybe I’ve just grown too old to appreciate these types of stories anymore. Maybe I have an irrational nostalgic hold on those movies from the ‘80s, but I saw nothing original in Super 8. Those films from twenty five years ago were more creative and clever and didn’t try to manipulate emotion as much as this one did. If I wanted to see those types of films then I’d watch them and not a modern rehash disguised as something original. I think teens did like it, but some of the older crowd walked away feeling depressed as if they saw a bad imitation of something they once treasured. I know this to be true because I frequent the IMDB (Internet Movie Database) message board where people have in depth conversations about their fave movies. Many older posters agreed with me on Super 8. But many loved it as well. <br /><br />Diane Barretohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443175243624951706noreply@blogger.com